Erin A. West

Erin A. West is a shareholder with Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. in Madison, Wis., and has more than 10 years of experience helping lenders, trade vendors, committees, debtors, buyers and other creditors navigate all facets of insolvency, bankruptcy and financial distress. This includes pre-bankruptcy advising and workouts, bankruptcy, and state court receivership proceedings. Prior to joining Godfrey & Kahn, Ms. West practiced bankruptcy and commercial litigation at a Madison law firm for five years, where she frequently appeared as counsel for a chapter 7 panel trustee. She is admitted to practice in Wisconsin and Minnesota, and before the Third and Seventh Circuit Courts of Appeals, and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Central and Southern Districts of Illinois, District of Minnesota, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin and the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. Ms. West is Education Director of ABI’s Real Estate Committee, a member of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, and a past chair and treasurer of the Western District of Wisconsin Bankruptcy Bar. She is listed in Super Lawyers as a Wisconsin Rising Star (2011-present) and is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America as one of its “Ones to Watch” for Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law from 2021-present. Ms. West received her B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2006 and her J.D. cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2009.